$8K reward offered in 2006 Washington Township murder case

A sketch of one the suspects in the 2006 home invasion murder of Washington Township resident Juan Cuevas.

WOODBURY — Authorities are offering an $8,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the 2006 home invasion murder of Washington Township resident Juan Cuevas.

The 36-year-old owner of G.I. June Auto Parts in Philadelphia was found beaten to death in a bedroom of his Saddlebrook Way home five years ago Thursday. Authorities have since sought at least four suspects, described as black males, in connection with the killing.

Gloucester County Prosecutor Sean Dalton on Wednesday said $5,000 of the reward comes from his office, and $3,000 comes from the Washington Township Police Department.

He added that even bits of information that may seem trivial or irrelevant can help break a case.

Dalton didn’t offer further specifics but said investigators are confident they can still get results in what he described as “a difficult case.”

“Whatever the motive, this act was a shock to a quiet neighborhood, and these dangerous assailants must be found,” Washington Township Police Chief Rafael Muniz was quoted as saying in a Prosecutor’s Office press release.

Authorities say the four attackers pulled up to Cuevas’ home that January day and bound his three teenage children. When Cuevas arrived home around 6 p.m., they said, the four males took him to an upstairs bedroom and beat him to death in what is described as a robbery attempt, and possibly drug-related.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact Prosecutor’s Office Det. Stacie Lick at 856-384-5608. Anonymous tips can be texted to the Prosecutor’s Office by beginning a message with GLOTIP and sending it to 274637.